Alcohol

​The legalization of recreational marijuana in some US states has resulted in a giant new multibillion dollar industry. The latest THC-innovation comes from a Californian winery that has created the world’s first alcohol-free, marijuana-infused Sauvignon Blanc.

The Vacanti Spirale is a wine glass with a corkscrew-like twist that captures sediment.​ Given this a problem that would have confronted every other wine-drinking civilization of the last 10,000 years, it's quite astonishing it hasn't been done before.

At CES, French wine and spirits company Pernod Ricard is highlighting how hosts of the near-future will mix up refreshing, lounge-grade cocktails using its Opn smart cocktail system that connects the host with ingredients and cocktail recipes, turning him or her into a seasoned mixologist.

The ONUSblue alcohol detection patch tells you when you've reached the legal threshold and has the potential to save millions of lives. The company's product roadmap is even more interesting with the detection of marijuana, methamphetime and a range of illegal recreational substances to follow.

​​When trying to keep wine fresh after being opened, it's important to limit the wine's exposure to oxygen left inside the bottle. QikVin does so in the form of a vessel that gets "smaller" as wine is poured out.​

The BACtrack Skyn sensor can be worn on the wrist and pairs with a smartphone app to offer real-time monitoring of alcohol levels, even pinging the user's phone when they drinking too hard.​​

Ford has created a suit of clothing that mimics the effects of driving while under the influence of drugs. The goal is to use the suit, along with its Drunk Driving Suit sibling, to educate kids in a hands-on way about the effects of driving under the influence.

If you've ever wanted the perfectly mixed drink, you may soon be in mechanized luck. An automated bartender is about to begin serving the public. Makr Shakr is claimed to be the world’s first robotic bar, and can apparently mix one Googol (the digit 1 followed by 100 zeroes) drink combinations.

The Alcoholic Architecture bar is a walk-in cocktail that lets guests breathe in a cloud of alcoholic mist. Alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream via the lungs and eyes.

In an effort to raise awareness and force a shift in the attitudes of boozy bar hounds, a Japanese bar chain has designed coasters baring portraits of women that react over time to the cold temperature of drinks to reveal injuries to their faces.

The prototype AlcoStop system measures drivers' blood alcohol levels by analyzing their sweat via built-in sensors. If those levels indicate that they're too drunk to drive, the system won't allow the car's engine to start.

Diageo, the company behind popular poisons like Smirnoff and Baileys, has announced a Johnnie Walker Blue Label smart whiskey bottle. The connected bottle could enable distributors to better track stock, connect with user's smartphones and detect when someone has cracked it open prematurely.